The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years. At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with. But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood. I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential. by D.R.
这部影片通过对一部电影的排练过程进行刻画，反应了这个行业当中一些不可告人的秘密，借用主要人物之手，诠释了导演对这一行业自己独特的见解，其中本片最大的特点就在于诙谐幽默，影片中的演员与戏中戏的角色在一定程度上有很多相似之处，讽刺了演艺圈光怪陆离的乱象。影片当中的几个搞笑场面，如头顶“巨石”，吻戏ASMR，特别是粉碎机粉碎奖杯的一幕令人印象深刻。
最近几部日本电影都在反思社交媒体放大的恶和人与人之间难以理解、信任带来的悲剧。这部电影前半段差点压抑到让我想弃掉，幸亏坚持到结尾，至少导演最后还是让一点点善意变成了救赎的可能，人们没有疯狂到底，仇恨被踩了刹车，虽然明知这也可能是虚构出来牵强的回转，但此时此地的我却为此会心一笑。一切都不是是毫无意义的空白吧。
这不就是我们朝思暮想，梦寐以求的荒诞喜感吗？通常我们是以阅读体验中臆想出来的幻觉来近距离接触它，现在则有这么一部电影，能让你只用眼睛就能实实在在看见它，多么妙不可言。
虽然本身进行了一系列结构解构，完全称不上是现实的，但是乍眼一看，只觉国外电影工作者之幸福，与自身所处土地之窘迫了。
# 78 Venezia # 背景补充（每天四部排片坚持到第四天就会出现一个精神低谷期，所以此时看到的影片评价都会体现出非常强的偏差性，恰巧这部片就赶上了这个低谷期），因此虽然这是一部高质量具有各种业内讽刺梗的佳片，我却完全没有get到，因此给了三星是最保守的评价，克鲁兹和班德拉斯其实都发挥的特别好，需要院线上映后二刷
电影里的记者反应了当下社会的营销号和不良媒体和记者，有时候真的会害死人，女司机真的太冤了，如果我是女司机的母亲，我不会心平气和的说出那段话，即使我很理智，也很清醒，超市老板真的有苦说不出，只能默默承受一切，反观女孩父亲，不去了解事情的真相，盲目的做选择，导致女司机的死亡，导致一个家庭的破碎，原罪到底在谁的身上！是死去的女孩？还是不理智的父亲？还是去追女孩导致女孩被撞的店长？还是被鬼探头害得被女孩父亲害死的女司机？还是疾驰而过的货车司机？
松坂桃李特别适合这类压抑但是压不住，有点扭曲有点怂，察言观色的角色。
【3星半】把“论演员的自我修养”给搬上了大银幕，几乎就是在看三位演员的对戏和很有讲究的镜头构图了，也有几个很诙谐的点：一百块钱下赌，相互腹黑飙戏，能载入“影史”的绞碎奖杯名场面（福茂和巴贝拉在提刀来的路上了）。
能现场看一定很欢乐，最近看的西班牙电影从来没让我失望，西语听起来也感觉越来越舒服了
直接把讽刺值拉满，《主竞赛》能不冲进主竞赛吗？看Penélope调教性格迥异、方法论不同还互相看不顺眼的两个沉迷于雄竞的男演员实在太好笑。布景和构图很对胃口，三人演技精湛也不用说。看到最后原来人生如戏，戏如人生，演来演去演的都是自己。
短小又真情。虽然没有很复杂，但是人心复杂又温暖又陈无法避免他人责任啊
前半段很好笑，但是后半段有很多没看懂，人们总是在窥视自己嘴里说的看不起的人的言行举止，但是不知道这种窥视源于渴望还是轻蔑，坐等一个长影评。西班牙语感觉不难，大部分都听懂了
能现场看一定很欢乐，最近看的西班牙电影从来没让我失望，西语听起来也感觉越来越舒服了
雖然名字叫主競賽，但卻沒啥電影節片子的調調，看似是對演藝圈光怪陸離亂象的諷刺，誇張到極致反而是對文藝工作者奉獻自我的謳歌。另外，片中三位主演都有不同程度的自我解構以及自身經歷的投射，其中班德拉斯最為出彩。最搞笑的是頭頂巨石、吻戲ASMR以及粉碎機。表演真是太棒了，從頭到尾都是大寫的Acting！
十足的文艺片，艺术，戏剧，女权，戏中戏，讽刺，暗喻，财富，名誉，思想
想想其实值五星，处理的素材和人物实在太丰富了。真正尊重生命的只有Akane的母亲，而真正为赎罪付出的是觉得被原谅很重要的人。语言和姿态在这里不断加剧了所有道德意义的空转，媒体的存在更提醒你所有drama被制造出来就是被遗忘因路人已根本不想参与审判。父亲明白下跪无意义，但很难意识到自己蛮横的愤怒和爱也是那种无用的东西。但是真正的道歉出现一次还是弥足珍贵，古畑的表演带出的诚实感比桃李的人设要更好。活着的人根本不知道如何面对自己的道德虚无，最先击碎那一切的人说…还需要一点时间（真是很难啊QQ
相信对我将来的剧本创作和要拍摄的故事会影响很大，最具日本教科书式的温暖动人电影，感动感恩，必须二刷三刷心领神会。人生从此不再空白。
靠剧本和演员托举的讽刺喜剧，导演只做了伪cinema的工作，讽刺的也不过是一个剧组里最容易想象的情况，故事里擦边现实和电影行业的地方，是一种high点，最出色的还是演员的表演，导演在视听上做不到的虚假细节暗示，反而演员靠微表情的细节给到了。这部电影本身就是讽刺吧，一个拿了金棕榈和金狮的天才女导演，拍的主竞赛电影竟然是这种水平。
三星半。前半部分非常吸引，把期望值调到了很高，可惜结尾drama过了头。借导演之口输出了非常乌托邦的艺术观，可惜作品本身没压住，不知是低头于资本还是才华瓶颈。
太好看了…不是那种装疯卖傻式comedy, 笑点背后很多可以讨论的东西，场景里的建筑也很美。
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